Course Design for Teaching Chinese Culture and Cross-dressing

• Main Authors: Ke, Pei-Yin, 柯沛吟
• Other Authors: 簡瑛瑛
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38usm6

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 華語文教學系 === 106 === There are many interpretations of Chinese Culture in the past and at present, at home and abroad through presentations of literature and films. This research looks at the subject of men dressing as women and women dressing as men in literature and films and sees cross-dressing as a mirror that reflects minds, behaviors, environments, and a certain type of social status. This is especially true in an environment of diverse cultures where cross-dressing oftentimes reflects a certain type of gender image and identification. Cross-dressing characters are not something unfamiliar to our lives. There are often cross-dressing plots or characters in Peking Opera, Taiwanese Opera, Huangmei tone, and outdoor folk art performances. Therefore, this research selects three works, The Love Eterne, Walking Through Lo-chin, and Farewell My Concubine and compares the texts of these works on the process of characters dressing as the opposite sex and the gender performance and imitation behaviors manifested as plots move forwards. The purpose of this research is to explore the culture context, narrative structure, and the shaping of characters in Chinese literature and films. The research analyzes gender images presented by cross-dressing characters and further includes these images into course design to discuss Chinese Culture and the meaning of cross-dressing images in the form of teaching activities.